Polls of Americans and Israeli find both overwhelmingly reject "land for
peace" premise
Dr. Aaron Lerner 22 March 2010

1. Poll of Israelis:

Some claim that if Israel were to withdraw to the '67 lines - including
leave the Golan - it would enjoy peace for generations since the Arabs would
no longer have any claims against Israel. Do you think that this is a naive
or simplistic view or a reasonable and correct assessment?

82% Naive and simplistic
08% Reasonable and correct
10% Don't know/Other replies

Telephone poll of a representative sample of 511 adult Israeli Jews, by
Maagar Mohot Survey Institute (headed by Professor Yitzchak Katz) carried
out 16-17 March 2010. The poll was commissioned by Independent Media Review
& Analysis (IMRA). Survey error of +/- 4.5 percentage points.

2. Poll of registered American voters:

And, thinking again about the conflict between Israel and the
Palestinians...which statement do you agree with MOST?

18.7% THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS IS REALLY ABOUT
LAND. ONCE AGREEMENTS ARE REACHED ON DIVIDING JERUSALEM AND ESTABLISHING
BORDERS, THE TWO SIDES WILL LIVE SIDE-BY-SIDE IN PEACE.

72.8% THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS IS ABOUT IDEOLOGY
AND RELIGION. THE TWO SIDES WILL LIVE IN PEACE ONLY WHEN THEY ACKNOWLEDGE
EACH OTHER'S RIGHT TO EXIST.

08.5% KNOW/REFUSED (DO NOT READ)

Telephone poll conducted by Frank Luntz, Ph.D. of The Word Doctors, March
19-20, 2010 with 811 registered American voters (margin of error: +/- 3.5
percent) for The Israel Project